A Taste of Winter?

Today’s weather continued the recent trend of clouds to the south of town, blue skies to the north (and somewhat to the east). Forecasts were calling for high winds, but things were reasonably calm in town. A look out towards Eastern Channel suggested it wasn’t so calm elsewhere, however. I talked to a couple of … Read more

Mild Winter Weather

It was another mild winter day. Though temperatures were officially in the upper 30s, I never noticed the ground softening. The sun was partially obscured by a layer of clouds to the south, while to the north I could see blue skies. There were some interesting cloud formations that I noticed this morning especially, but … Read more

The Cross Trail

New and Old Cross Trail run side by side between Gavan Hill Trail and Yaw Drive Although I knew the Cross trail had been finished up to the Benchlands Road (which has one end at Kramer Avenue, I had never walked the newer sections of beyond Charteris Street, and I think perhaps summer 2007 was … Read more

Indian River Falls

After not visiting Indian River falls for at least a couple of years, I have managed to make it up there twice within a couple of weeks. Today I took Connor and Rowan up for their first visit to the falls. Connor has long been game to get up there, but Rowan has a certain … Read more

Snow Free Winter

This winter has continued to remain snow free at low elevations Yesterday I got a report that the Wood Duck was refound along Indian River first thing in the morning. I had a chance to check there a couple of times yesterday and didn’t see it either time. Today I went again and had no … Read more

View from the Bridge

It was kind of a busy day with class and calls, but I had time to walk over to UAS early this afternoon. After almost 3 weeks of heavy clouds, frequent rain, and some pretty strong winds on top of all of that, the sunny weather yesterday and today has been a welcome break. Today’s … Read more